Final Project Part One Submission: Mobile Devices Critical Analysis Portfolio

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HISTORY AND HUMANITIES LENS ON MOBILE DEVICES

Antonio McClan

IDS-403-H4675 Technology and Society 21EW4

3/27/2021

History

The history lens is the outlook of how people view things using history. Using the history lens, we try to look at what caused something and its effects. Something that we look at through the history lens is what was the motive behind that sure thing happening. To find out all these aspects through the history lens, we dig in or research the theories that relate to this particular thing. Doing research involves finding evidence on the facts that we will get (Simpson & Clapton, 2020). For instance, when we look at mobile devices through the history lens, we try to find the history behind mobile devices' technology. Through the history lens, we look at what caused the introduction of mobile devices technology. Mobile devices technology was introduced to make communication easier. Analyzing the past forms of communication, there were written letters, smoke or fire, and postal offices. This was of communication were slow and did not guarantee the delivery of the accurate message or information. Therefore, with the changes that came with the current generation, we have technology that developed the mobile devices that are now being used to communicate.

The effects of mobile devices are primarily positive, even though some negativities come with it. When we look at the impact of mobile devices, we see that people have communicated efficiently. They have been able to deliver their important messages on time with guaranteed accuracy. Mobile devices have not only made communication easy but also brought people together. The form in which these mobile devices are made, for example, with cameras' introduction, people can see each other using pictures and even video calls.

The adverse effects of mobile devices are that they are only accessible to people who can afford them. The prices of these mobile devices are unfavorable to people of the lower class. Another effect is that mobile devices have made people lazy to move from one place to another. For example, a person may have a message for a person who is just near them, but they decide to use mobile devices to communicate to them instead of delivering the message one on one. The motive behind the development of mobile devices was mainly communication. Since history concerning past communication methods show that there was no efficient communication, technology decided to set up portable devices and be used to make communication efficient.

Issues concerning mobile devices are privacy and security. History pieces of evidence show that people in the past valued confidentiality and safety as a part of their lives (Barth, et.al. 2019). The technology of mobile devices has brought today issues of privacy and security. Human beings' safety has been minimized due to the design of these mobile devices to locate a person's location. These devices can also be tracked and hacked, which can expose a person's information that may be private. Compared to the people from the past, there were no mobile devices; therefore, such cases did not occur.

Humanities

The Humanities lens provides a view of different cultures, experiences, and values. The humanities lens helps in viewing these cultures and why the matter of the culture. Looking at mobile devices through the humanities lens, we try to see how they are made and what cultural aspects they represent. We also try to look at the impact of these mobile devices on people's culture. The humanities lens also helps us to adapt to the changing world. Looking at mobile devices through humanity's lenses, we try to look at how these mobile devices have impacted human beings' actions (Mushroor, et.al. 2020). Mobile devices have changed how human beings interact since now they do not have to be in contact to facilitate communication. These mobile devices have impacted the cultures of how people connect. Due to these mobile devices, people have overlooked essential cultures such as one-on-one contact and interactions. These mobile devices have altered people's moral values so that people use them to defile themselves. Through the pictures they take and the videos they also take.

Issues of privacy and security in humanity lens focus on the effects of human beings' security and privacy issues. Cyber-attacks come with threats that have caused a lack of peace in human beings (Chen & Li, 2017). Through hacking of these mobile devices, enemies can access an individual's private information and threaten their security if they do not provide what they want. The life of humankind has been put to threats by stalking when a person identifies an individual's location they want to threaten. These mobile devices can also be set as a tracking device that monitors all their activities which can be dangerous to their lives. Human beings have also contributed to their own safety and security because of using these mobile devices to take pictures and videos and use social media to post and tag their location. The mobile devices have

also impacted the security and privacy of people by automatically enabling the location setting on these devices.

References

Barth, S., de Jong, M. D., Junger, M., Hartel, P. H., & Roppelt, J. C. (2019). Putting the privacy paradox to the test: Online privacy and security behaviors among users with technical knowledge, privacy awareness, and financial resources. Telematics and informatics, 41, 55-69.

Simpson, J. E., & Clapton, G. (2020). A brief history of contact in fostering and adoption: practice and power, and the coming of the mobile phone. Adoption & Fostering, 44(3), 272-284.

References

Chen, H., & Li, W. (2017). Mobile device users’ privacy security assurance behavior. Information & Computer Security.

Mushroor, S., Haque, S., & Amir, R. A. (2020). The impact of smart phones and mobile devices on human health and life. Int J Community Med Public Health, 7(1), 9-15.